Nipple-holder.



No. &52,034. Patentd`lune`l9, !900.

C. N. MEINECKE.

NIPPLE HOLDER.

(Application filed Spt. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

W/TNESSES:

A TTO/?NEYS UNITED Srrns ia'rn'r EMR@ CHRISTIAN W. MEINECKE, OF JERSEYCITY, NEIV JERSEY.

NIPPLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters :Patenta No. 652,034, dated J' une19, 1900.

Application filed September 29, 1899. Serial No. 732.044. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN W. MEI- NECKE, of Jersey City, in thecounty of Hudson and State ot' New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Nipple-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

The object of my invention is to improve upon the Construction ofnipple-holders for which patentwas granted to Thomas Borcher, datedOctober 17, 1899, No. 635,226, the im provenents being such that theholder is rendered more effective than heretofore and is stronger andless liabie to disarrangement.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as Will be hereinafter fully set fcrth, and pointed outin the claim.

Reference is to be had to the acconpanying drawings, formin g a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved nipple-holder and attachednipple. Fi g. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section through the nippleand its holder; and Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation and partialvertical section of a nipple and holder, the body of the holder beingconstructed in a slightly-different manner than shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The nipple A is hollow and of that type known as a blind nipple and isused in connection with a button or shield B, the fiange 10 of thenipple being passed through the usual central opening in the saidshield. The handle ll may be of the elongated type, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, or it may be constructed as shown in Fig. 3, wherein the handleis used in connection with a ring 12. Each form of the handle isprovided with an exteriorly-threaded tubular stem 13, adapted to extendwithin the nipple A, the said stem being preferably an integral portionof the head 14 of the handle, and the stem is of less diameter than thehead, forming thereby a shoulder 15 at the head, which shoulder engagesWith and presses against the fiange of the nipple when the nipple hasbeen passed through the button or shield and the stern has beenintroduced through the opening in the button or shield and into thenipple, as shown in both Figs. 2 and 3.

W'hen the handle is constructed as shown pleted by the addition of a nut18, which nut is placed within the nipple before the flange of thenipple is passed through the button or shield, and 'then the stern 13,after being passed into the nipple, is serewed into the said nut untilthe fiange 15 of the handle clamps the said fiange between it and theopposing surface of the button or shield.

It will be observed that the Construction above set forth is exceedinglysimple, but few parts are required, and the various parts may be quicklyassembled.. Furthermore, the device Will securely retain the nipple inposition, rendering it impossible for the nipple to be pulled from theholder.

The threads on the tubular stern 13 may be omitted and the stem becemented in the nut, if desired. ti

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination with a nipple, of a nut insertedwithin the mouth thereof, a button inserted over the said mouth andwhose opening which reeeves the nipple is of less diameter than thelower edge of the nut, and a handle formed with a head at one end oflarger diameter than the opening in the button, and a reduced extensionbeyond said head, the said extension being inserted and held in the nutand being of such .a length that a space will be left between the nutand head for the location of the button When the said stern is insertedin the nut, said space allowing for the swelling of the rubber of thenipple When pressed between the adjacent edges of the head, button, andnut, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHRISTIAN W. MEINECKE.

WVitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, J NO. M. RITTER.

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